README.md

Cloud9 IDE

The Cloud9 IDE is an open source project started by ajax.org, built on top of
Node.JS.

This Integrated Development Environment aims to bring all great features from
other existing IDE's and source code editors like Eclipse, Netbeans, Textmate,
and many others together, bundled as plugins.
Cloud9's main focus is on Javascript development, it is able to set a new
standard for client and server development integration.

And if you find that functionality is missing? Just write a plugin and patch it
yourself!

Written in Javascript, for Javascripters.

Features

High performance text editor with bundled syntax highlighting support for JS, HTML, CSS and mixed modes.

Integrated debugger for Node.JS applications which can be started, paused and stopped from within the IDE

Local filesystem is exposed through WebDAV to the IDE, which makes it possible to connect to remote workspaces as well

Installation and Usage

This creates a cloud9 directory in your current directory, just cd into it
and run bin/cloud9.sh to start:

cd cloud9
bin/cloud9.sh

Optionally, you may specify the directory you'd like to edit:

bin/cloud9.sh -w ~/git/myproject

Cloud9 will be started as a web server on port -p 3131, you can access it by
pointing your browser to: http://localhost:3131

Updating

To update to the latest version (if this doesn't work, just make a fresh clone):

git pull
sm update

Development

To work on a subcomponent that is copied into node_modules, you can use sm edit.
For instance, to work on ACE, run the following from the checkout root:

sm edit ace

This is somewhat equivalent to npm link but instead of linking to a system wide
shared package it clones the source into the node_modules/ directory.
The idea is to only "edit" when you need to make changes and when done issue
"sm save " (not yet implemented) which will pull up sourcetree to commit,
push code and switch package back to read mode (frozen). The status page

sm status

shows problematic and improvement oriented action steps to improve the state of
the program. These relate to git status and dependency changes that need to be
made to bring the dependencies up to date and ready to publish which leads to deployment.

The line on the status page will have a (W) if it is setup for editing.

To launch Sourcetree for all dirty/ahead repositories in the dependency
tree use (need to have Sourcetree command-line tools installed (stree)):

sm fix

The sourcemint package manager works alongside NPM so to link in a
(system-wide shared) NPM package use:

rm -R node_modules/architect
npm link architect

sm always works on your program sub-tree other than pulling things in
from the cache.

Open Source Projects Used

The Cloud9 IDE couldn't be this cool if it weren't for the wildly productive
Node.JS community producing so many high quality software.
Main projects that we use as building blocks:

License

Contributing

Cloud9 wouldn't be where it is now without contributions. Feel free to fork and improve/enhance Cloud9 in any way your want. If you feel that the Cloud9 community will benefit from your changes, please open a pull request. To protect the interests of the Cloud9 contributors and users we require contributors to sign a Contributors License Agreement (CLA) before we pull the changes into the main repository. Our CLA is the simplest of agreements, requiring that the contributions you make to an ajax.org project are only those you're allowed to make. This helps us significantly reduce future legal risk for everyone involved. It is easy, helps everyone, takes ten minutes, and only needs to be completed once. There are two versions of the agreement:

The Individual CLA: use this version if you're working on an ajax.org project in your spare time, or can clearly claim ownership of copyright in what you'll be submitting.

The Corporate CLA: have your corporate lawyer review and submit this if your company is going to be contributing to ajax.org projects

If you want to contribute to an ajax.org project please print the CLA and fill it out and sign it. Then either send it by snail mail or fax us or send it back scanned (or as a photo) by email.